World’s largest gold mine could come under threat

Byron Wien also predicts a nuclear Iran in 2013 and a Shanghai surprise.

The FTSE 100 index rose 139 points to 6,037 points, the first time it has been above the 6,000 level in 17 months, with mining shares exceptionally high.

A former Canadian diplomat says the use of imported Chinese labor is indispensable to the development of Alberta's oil and gas industries.

Concerted campaign by the mining industry in collusion with Western Australia's Burke government thwarted efforts to give Aboriginal communities a greater say and share in resource development

New online trading center will cut out intermediaries by permitting complete transactions

Financial woes of the West present "rare and historic opportunities" for the Middle Kingdom

Australia now a key destination for foreign sex workers, illegal narcotics and touring rock bands

The chance of start mining asteroids, workers told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas and MINING.com's very own list of top billionaires involved in minerals and metals, became some of the most-read stories of 2012.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is warming at three times the global average. Would this open the door for mining?